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After watching this presentation I asked myself what I took away from it.
My take away is… Mr. Peterson is a Photoshop enthusiast, and most of his
photos are dark. One of the first words out of his mouth was “light”. In
post processing Mr. Peterson seems to have killed most of the light and
lost a great deal of detail.
Mr. Peterson also expresses the desire to capture “the world around it”
[the subject]. Again, post processing nearly plunged that world into total
darkness.
If the public is relying on photos like these to decide on a trip, they
will be disappointed. They will not get what they see.
Personally, I try and achieve, to a certain degree what was achieved here,
but, in camera. I want to capture as much as I can of what I see… what
most people would see. I rarely use processing programs for anything but
sorting and storage.
All that being said, I appreciate the presentation and I think I know
where he’s coming from… bold colors in a dark atmosphere.

What’s the point of photography when the photographer removes/adds whatever
they want from the frame and makes such dramatic color shifts? It turns
into painting for the person without the dedication or imagination to
paint. If it’s truly a great scene, just compose the shot and let it do
the talking instead of the saturation slider.﻿

the general rule is if you want better photographs, find better subjects-
I’m right snack in tree country- andm ountain- so much so that grand
landscapes are blocked by trees most everywhere- I’ve had to learn to find
subjects in deep woods which is probably just as hard a your open
plains/boring areas – Try to find exciting interestign subjects- flowers o
nthe plains durign storms, frost on trees, whatever-

I believe he said “panels”….If someone is hard to listen to, its better
not to watch the whole show; please feel free to upload your video for
others to critique in the same manner that you so eloquently displayed! You
sound a little jealous of his work, which speaks for its self…..

I want a seminar about how to get great landscape photos in the mid-west
and other incredibly boring places. No photos from any mountainous regions,
no bodies of water bigger than a pond, just trees and flat ground. Not that
I haven’t done it myself, just that it seems so much easier to go to places
that are beautiful anyways.

is this guy on drugs? did i really hear him saying (around 1:21) he
INVENTED ULTRAWIDE PANOS? sorry moose but i can hardly listen to you.. your
so full of yourself and than such bold and utter BS claims…

I like Ol’ Moose. Always enjoy his presentations. However, Moose and a lot
of photographers seem to need a course on giving presentations.
Specifically, using the “ok” every other sentence tends to be distracting,
if not irritating. I notice a lot of that on BHPhoto.